Politics

UK interior minister Suella Braverman on Tuesday questioned whether the United Nations Refugee Convention was "fit for our modern age" during a keynote speech at a think tank in Washington....

Eagle Pass (United States) (AFP) - The sun had barely risen above Eagle Pass, Texas, when the migrants wading across the Rio Grande from Mexico had a crisis on their...

US President Joe Biden will join the picket line with striking auto workers on a historic trip to Michigan Tuesday, putting him on a collision course with likely 2024 election...

As a global election season widely expected to be mired in misinformation and falsehoods fast approaches, the big US-based tech platforms are walking back policies meant to curb them, stoking...

Millions of Americans braced Monday for pay and welfare checks to stop within days as Congress careened toward a damaging government shutdown, with Republican right wingers blocking attempts to pass...

The United States said Monday it refused a request by Iran's foreign minister to visit Washington last week, pointing to concerns about Tehran's record including past detentions of US citizens....

Niamey (Niger) (AFP) - The United States said Monday it will "evaluate" its next steps on the crisis in Niger after France announced a full troop withdrawal as demanded by...

A powerful US senator charged with bribery and extortion after gold bars and hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash were found at his home rejected calls on Monday for...

US President Joe Biden vowed Monday to help Pacific island nations deal with climate change, at a summit aimed at boosting Washington's influence in the region against an increasingly assertive...

Washington (AFP) - Twenty years after invading Iraq, the United States is failing the survivors of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison by not offering any path to compensation, Human Rights...